Fantasy story

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What is a realistic population size for a medieval or ancient fantasy setting? Should a city have a couple of million people? How about 500,000 or 20,000? Let’s delve in and give you some simple guidelines as well as a cheat sheet you can easily reference as you are writing your story and drawing yo

Genre in writing is SO important. Why? Because readers have certain expectations when they pick up a new book. Those expectations are based on the book's genre. Learn how to meet (and exceed) your reader's expectations by satisfying the requirements of your story's genre.

A story structure represented as a diagram.

Here are 5 prompts to get your romance story started. Includes dialogue and scene starters for ideas and inspiration. Check out our blog for prompts for different genres.

Whether you have a full draft or are searching for a spark, use this YA fantasy title generator to discover the name of your next story!

Here Are 30 Epic Fantasy Story Ideas to Spark Your Imagination For Your Novel, Novella, Or Short Story You Want To Write

Tom Gauld talks about art, publishing, the balance between commissions and passion projects, and his upcoming book, Goliath.